WHAT’S IN THE BOX?

‘CLOCKING CRAZY

I’M SURE IT hasn’t escaped your attention, but

Processor war kicks off again

Zen 4 lands, with Raptor Lake hot on its heels

THE GEFORCE BEAST

THE 4090 TI BOASTS IMPRESSIVE STATS

WI-FI SPEEDS TO DOUBLE

Wi-Fi 7 is on the way

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies

.A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech

INTEL’S ARC STRUGGLES

Hardware delays and driver problems

GRAPHICS CARD PRICES FINALLY STABLE

There are even some bargains to be found

Quest 2 gets a $100 price rise

META OWNS OCULUS, and its Quest 2 VR

HDDs to reach 30TB

© SEAGATE The death of the HDD, predicted

Ethereum goes PoS

Ethereum, the second biggest cryptocurrency, is moving from

Nvidia’s Monstrous AD102 on Approach

WORD ON THE STREET is that we could

THE LIST

THE TOP FIVE DDR5 RAM

Alas Intel? Don’t panic, it’s not that bad…

©INTEL FULL DISCLOSURE: Previously on this very page,

DOCTOR

THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES...

LETTERS

WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON...

BUILD IT, UPGRADE IT,ENJOY IT.

Overclocking may be a dark art but there’s no better way of getting free power upgrades and taking your PC to its limits

FREE POWER? COUNT US IN

PIECE TOGETHER AN OVERCLOCKING GAMING MENACE

FREE POWER WITH OVERCLOCKING

LEARN THE BASICS AND UNLOCK THE FULL POTENTIAL OF YOUR NEW SYSTEM

WAR OF THE UPSCALING ALGORITHMS

Rendering fewer pixels to boost framerates

THE FUTURE OF STORAGE

As SSDs get faster and cheaper, Jeremy Laird investigates how much more flash memory has to give and whether something better is around the corner

MANAGE YOUR FILES LIKE AN EXPERT

TreeSize Free found 125GB of old files that

HOW TO STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

TIP OF THE MONTH HANDY SHORTCUTS Navigating around

Reboot Windows 11 File Explorer

YOU’LL NEED THIS WINDOWS 11 FILE EXPLORER plus

Docker tips & tricks

YOU’LL NEED THIS DOCKER ENGINE, PLUS YOUR CHOICE

Machine of the Month: Tandy TRS-80 (1977)

YOU’LL NEED THIS A COPY OF TRS80GP Windows,

Tomb Raider Live Experience

Becoming Lara Croft

Editor’s Pick: HP Elite Dragonfly G2

This x86 power problem really needs sorting

SK Hynix Platinum P41 2TB

Welcome to the big league, SK Hynix…

Color ful GeForce GTX 1630

Party like it’s 2019 with this blast from the past

NZXT H7 Elite

The best of the best from NZXT?

Framework Laptop

Do-It-Yourself Upgradeable Laptop

ASRock RX 6750 XT Phantom Gaming D

Graphics prices falling down, falling down…

BenQ Mobiuz E X3210U

The monitor for all occasions?

Nubia Redmagic 7S Pro

Great for gaming, merely OK for everything else

Razer Barracuda Pro

Wireless gaming and lifestyle cans—and a compromise on both

Corsair K70 Pro Mini Wireless

Is this small and quirky keyboard worthy of its hefty price tag?

Stray

Platform gaming meets the ultimate protagonist

Steam vs. Epic Games Launcher

Which is the better place for PC gaming in 2022?

THE BUILDS

THIS MONTH’S STREET PRICES...